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How An American Country Music Pioneer Entered African Mythology
By Aeon
In 1933, country music pioneer Jimmie Rodgers died of tuberculosis. Just 35 years old and at the peak of his career, his demise left a legacy of a life and career unfinished.
This installment from the animator Drew Christie's Drawn & Recorded series, which tells little-known stories from the annals of modern music history, recounts the improbable story of how, in death, Rodgers would go on to inspire not just luminaries of American music, but also the Kipsigis peoples of the Rift Valley in Kenya - whose folk music found its way back to America decades later.
Continue reading "How An American Country Music Pioneer Entered African Mythology" »Posted on September 13, 2019
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How An American Country Music Pioneer Entered African Mythology
By Aeon
In death, Rodgers would go on to inspire not just luminaries of American music, but also the Kipsigis peoples of the Rift Valley in Kenya - whose folk music found its way back to America decades later.Posted on September 13, 2019
Is This Land Our Land?
By Will Kaufman/The Conversation
Not everyone sees Woody Guthrie's iconic song as an anthem for inclusion.Posted on August 21, 2019
Coming Music Movie Attractions
By Trafalgar Releasing
Us, Them & the Holy Trinity.Posted on August 20, 2019
Joel Paterson Lets It Be
By Bloodshot Records
"Each of Joel's interpretations of these songs are concise, genre-bending, stylish tone poems, mixing both Joel's and the Beatles' own century-spanning inspirations into one zesty musical stew."Posted on August 15, 2019
All My Happiness Is Gone
By Purple Mountains via Drag City
Friends are warmer than gold when you're old/And keeping them is harder than you might suppose/Lately, I tend to make strangers wherever I go/Some of them were once people I was happy to know.Posted on August 9, 2019
Highlights | Lolla 2019
Shaq!Posted on August 6, 2019
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